Laconian
noun
a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
Laconians
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pluralof Laconian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Friends, leave the Laconians out of debate and consider only whether I have not done well to conclude my truce.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
By this time all save the few Mantineans who vainly clung to their champion, and the Laconians themselves, had begun to pin their hopes on the beautiful son of Conon.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
The Laconians sit in companies on the ground, waiting their division that will not retreat.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
When Archelaus appeared in Greece, the Achaeans, Laconians, and Boeotians, with the exception of Thespiae, joined him, while the Pontic fleet seized Euboea and Demetrias, a town at the head of the gulf of Pagasae.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by A.H. Beesley
We attribute too much to the Laconians; as for myself, I know that they are not the cause of all our troubles.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
